Last night, Harmony Arts Festival presented the 2nd Annual Mixology Night On The Pier, a celebration of cocktail culture. Eight of Metro Vancouver’s top mixologists crafted unique cocktail creations for the Mixology Night guests to sample and enjoy. After tasting, guests were invited to vote for their favourite to be crowned top bartender. Under an…
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Vancouver Queer Film Festival starts August 10, 2017
Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF), the city’s second largest film fest gets under way in one week. Running August 10 to 20, 2017, VQFF brings 11 days of award winning films, talkbacks, performances and parties. The Festival opens at the Vancouver Playhouse with the 2017 Sundance Award-winning film, I Dream in Another Language (Sueño en Otro…
Vancouver Bach Festival welcomes Cinquecento
The Vancouver Bach Festival presented by Early Music Vancouver is now underway with shows at Christ Church Cathedral and The Chan Centre. Wednesday night’s program, Songs of Religious Upheaval featured the European quintet Cinquecento. For their first performance in Vancouver the group performed a selection of music from Reformation England by composers Thomas Tallis, Christopher…
Picks of the Week – Aug 2, 2017
The August long weekend in Vancouver is always packed with so much entertainment; Pride, Fireworks, Festivals, Concerts and more make it hard to choose the picks of the week… Lights: Look up, way up and witness the explosive entertainment of Celebration of Lights as United Kingdom lights the night tonight and Canada wows the crowds…
Harmony Arts Festival kicks off Friday
As other festivals come and go, Harmony Arts Festival in West Vancouver is still going strong after more than a quarter century. Centred on the Ambleside Waterfront from Ambleside Pier to John Lawson Park, the festival packs August 4th to 13th with music, arts, film and food, much of it free! Highlights of the…
3rd Annual African Descent Festival this weekend
The 3rd annual African Descent Festival gets underway at Thornton Park on Main Street this weekend, July 22 – 23, 2017. Presented by the African Descent Society, the festival is a celebration and promotion of the arts, culture, and music of the African descendants who make up Vancouver’s often unknown rich African history. Vancouver boasts a…
2nd Annual Vancouver Bach Festival Aug 1-11, 2017
Following the success of last year’s festival, Early Music Vancouver welcomes the 2nd Annual Vancouver Bach Festival, August 1 – 11, 2017. With performances at the Christ Church Cathedral downtown Vancouver, and at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC, EMV offers a remarkable program of 14 concerts, ranging from intimate chamber music…